Coach Craig McMillan says that the Indian Test team lacks an all-rounder like Hardik Pandya, especially in overseas conditions, let us tell you about this news in detail
Craig McMillan: New Zealand women’s team head coach Craig McMillan says that the Indian Test team lacks an all-rounder like Hardik Pandya, especially in overseas conditions. Recently, during the series against England, India gave players like Shardul Thakur and Nitish Kumar Reddy a chance, but the performance of both was not impressive.
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Hardik Pandya’s Test journey
Pandya played the last Test match in the year 2018 and till now he has played a total of 11 Test matches, where he has scored 532 runs at an average of 31.29 and taken 17 wickets at an average of 31.06.
McMillan believes that India has spin all-rounders like Ravindra Jadeja and Washington Sundar on Asian pitches, but there is no fast all-rounder on foreign grounds, who plays a very important role there. This lack was clearly visible in the team during this series.
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McMillan said, “In Asian conditions, it is important to have players like Jadeja, Sundar or Ashwin in earlier times. But in teams like New Zealand, Australia and England, a fast bowler all-rounder plays an important role. India is behind in this matter, because the team does not have a player like Hardik Pandya, who can bowl medium pace and can also come down and bat usefully. England’s Ben Stokes contributes as much as two players.”
Gill got praise
McMillan also praised India’s new Test captain Shubman Gill. He said that Gill captained brilliantly on the England tour, since this was his first series as captain, it is normal to make some mistakes. McMillan further said that Gill is an emerging and good captain. The first series is always challenging.
He may have made some mistakes in the pressure-filled tour, but these will improve with experience. He is the future captain of India, under whose captaincy the series ended in a 2-2 draw against a strong team like England.
